CD Review: Drive-By Truckers — The Fine Print (A Collection Of Oddities and Rarities 2003-2008)

CD Review: Drive-By Truckers — The Fine Print (A Collection Of Oddities and Rarities 2003-2008)

Drive-By TruckersThe Fine Print (A Collection Of Oddities and Rarities 2003-2008)New West By Micah McLain Although the Drive-By Truckers have made seven critically-acclaimed albums over the last 13 years, they have yet to properly release a collection of tracks that didn't make the final album cuts – until today. When one of the hardest working […]

CD Review: Datarock — Red

CD Review: Datarock — Red

DatarockRedNettwerk By Micah McLain The Norwegian duo in the flashy red tracksuits have returned. Red, the followup to 2005's Datarock Datarock, finds the band paying homage to the '80s and questioning our current society's obsession with technology. While none of the tracks on Red approach the sheer funk and danceability of the massively ad-friendly "FaFaFa" […]

CD Review: Assjack — Assjack

CD Review: Assjack — Assjack

AssjackAssjackSidewalk Records By Al Kaufman Say what you will about any of the three Hank Williams', but the one thing they all have in common is a rebellious streak. But the most rebellious of them all has got to be the grandson, Hank III. Instead of going the country route like his grandpa and his […]

CD Review: Ladyhawke — Ladyhawke (Special Deluxe Edition)

CD Review: Ladyhawke — Ladyhawke (Special Deluxe Edition)

LadyhawkeLadyhawkeDecca By Al Kaufman Since the inception of CDs, artists have been getting the re-issue treatment. Most of the big-wigs have had their back catalogs that fans previously had only on vinyl freshened up, or digitally re-mastered. The record label throws in a few outtakes or live versions of the songs from the album and, […]

CD Review: Inglorious Basterds Soundtrack

CD Review: Inglorious Basterds Soundtrack

Various ArtistsInglourious Basterds SoundtrackA Band Apart/Warner Brothers By Al Kaufman First, two confessions: 1) I believe Quentin Tarantino to be the greatest living American director behind Martin Scorsese. 2) I embarrassingly admit that I have yet to see Inglorious Basterds. Without first seeing the movie, the songs on the soundtrack will need to stand on […]

Pre-Sale Details for Band of Horses’ December 30 and 31 Shows at The Tabernacle

Pre-Sale Details for Band of Horses’ December 30 and 31 Shows at The Tabernacle

 We have the details for Band of Horses' annual New Year's Eve shows, coming to The Tabernacle this December 30 and 31. Presented by OK Productions and Windstorm Productions, the shows will have a presale on Wednesday, August 26 (tomorrow!) at 10 a.m. on Live Nation, which fans can access with the password NIGHTRAINBOW. At […]

CD Review: The Whiskey Gentry; Playing Unplugged in the Park, August 30 & The EARL, September 9

CD Review: The Whiskey Gentry; Playing Unplugged in the Park, August 30 & The EARL, September 9

The Whiskey Gentry The Whiskey Gentry Self-released By Al Kaufman Yee-Haw!! Only a few months old, and created from the ashes of Missy Gossip, The Whiskey Gentry is here to make you remember how music ought to be. Imagine old time country and gospel meeting punk with just a dash of Vaudevillian flourish, and you start […]